[enkeivette]

I spent 6 hours writing an opposition to a motion another attorney filed against my client. When I found evidence that the client lied, I could not file the opposition. It wouldnt have made sense. Deadline passed before I could draft a new one.

I argued my position orally at the hearing, did better than anyone thought I would, but the judge did not like that we did not file an opposition. We may have won had I done so, now we will have to wait to see what the ruling is.

Now I have to bill the client for 6 hours, at $250 an hour, for an opposition I never filed (yes, $1,500) otherwise it will look to my boss like I did nothing that day.